# Track and field at the 2007 Military World Games

At the 2007 Military World Games, the track and field events were held at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 15 – 18 October 2007. A total of 36 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 14 by female athletes. Kenya topped the medal table with five gold medals and a total of 12 – the track and field competition accounted for all of the African nation's medals at the games, which brought them sixth place on the overall games medal count. Russia took second with four golds and eight silvers, having the joint greatest medal total. Poland, the People's Republic of China, and Saudi Arabia also achieved four gold medals. Athletes from thirty three of the participating countries reached the podium at the four-day competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire, which had no obvious dominant nation.
The competition featured a number of athletes who had been successful at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics: Hrysopiyi Devetzi—the world triple jump bronze medallist—won her event, as did hammer throwers Zhang Wenxiu and Primož Kozmus. Some World Championships medallists found themselves in the silver medal spot on the military stage, including Daniela Yordanova (1500 m), Anna Chicherova (high jump), and Shadrack Korir (1500 m).
Samuel Francis set a new Games record in the 100 metres, but his attempt to double his medals in the 200 metres was thwarted by a false start elimination. John Cheruiyot Korir retained his title in the 10,000 metres in a Games record time. The men's high jump competition was unusual in that all the medalists achieved the same height (2.26 m) which made them all Games record holders, although the medals were decided on count-back. A total of seven Games records were broken or equalled at the 2007 edition of the Games.

## Records

| Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
| Samuel Francis | 100 metres | Qatar | 10.11 | GR |
| John Cheruiyot Korir | 10,000 metres | Kenya | 28:13.52 | GR |
| ? | 4×100 metres relay | Italy | 39.28 | GR |
| Andrey Tereshin Aleksander Waleriańczyk Viktor Shapoval | High jump | Russia Poland Ukraine | 2.26 | GR |
| Mykola Savolaynen | Triple jump | Ukraine | 16.93 m | GR= |
| Piotr Małachowski | Discus throw | Poland | 65.97 m | GR |
| Zhang Wenxiu | Women' s hammer throw | China | 72.25 m | GR |
| Key:0000WR — World record • AR — Area record • GR — Games record • NR — National record |||||

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Samuel Francis (QAT) | 10.10 GR | Simone Collio (ITA) | 10.29 | Łukasz Chyła (POL) | 10.39 |
| 200 metres | Marcin Jędrusiński (POL) | 20.70 | Alessandro Cavallaro (ITA) | 20.82 | Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa (UAE) | 21.10 |
| 400 metres | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD) | 46.00 | Daniel Dąbrowski (POL) | 46.36 | Prasanna Amarasekara (SRI) | 46.48 |
| 800 metres | Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) | 1:49.02 | Abubakar Kaki (SUD) | 1:49.23 | Justus Koech (KEN) | 1:49.24 |
| 1500 metres | Gideon Gathimba (KEN) | 3:41.01 | Shadrack Korir (KEN) | 3:41.56 | Chatholi Hamza (IND) | 3:42.84 |
| 5000 metres | Mark Kiptoo (KEN) | 13:51.74 | Brahim Beloua (MAR) | 13:52.32 PB | Rabah Aboud (ALG) | 13:53.74 |
| 10,000 metres | John Cheruiyot Korir (KEN) | 28:13.52 GR | Mark Kiptoo (KEN) | 28:22.62 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis (BHR) | 28:42.76 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Ji Wei (CHN) | 13.44 | Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi (QAT) | 13.60 | Gregory Sedoc (NED) | 13.75 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Edrees Hawsawi (KSA) | 50.25 | Thiago Sales (BRA) | 50.97 | Jeetender Singh (IND) | 51.70 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Hamid Ezzine (MAR) | 8:37.80 | Henry Kipkosgei (KEN) | 8:41.83 | Yoann Kowal (FRA) | 8:45.16 |
| 20,000 m track walk | Cui Zhide (CHN) | 1:23:43.0 | Ivan Trotski (BLR) | 1:25:23.7 | Matej Tóth (SVK) | 1:25:42.7 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Rosario La Mastra Simone Collio Jacques Riparelli Alessandro Cavallaro | 39.28 GR | Poland (POL) Zbigniew Tulin Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Marciniszyn Artur Kohutek Łukasz Chyła† | 39.52 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Yahya Habeeb Yahya Al-Gahes Salem Mubarak Al-Yami Hussain Al-Saba Howsawi Mussa† Hussain Al-Zaki† | 39.73 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Saudi Arabia (KSA) Mohammed Al-Sahi Hamdan Al-Bishi Ismail Al-Sabani Hamed Hamdan Al-Bishi Younes Ibrahim Al-Hosah Mohammed Shaween Edrees Hawsawi | 3:05.10 | Kenya (KEN) Victor Kibet David Kirui Mark Mutai Amon Chepsongol Justus Koech† Stephen Kamolo† | 3:06.11 | Sudan (SUD) Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Adam El-Nour William Rabih Koudi Abdelbashar El-Farzdag Abubakar Kaki Khamis† Hafedh Mohamed Hussein† | 3:08.70 |
| High jump | Andrey Tereshin (RUS) | 2.26 m GR | Aleksander Waleriańczyk (POL) | 2.26 m GR | Viktor Shapoval (UKR) | 2.26 m GR |
| Pole vault | Florian Sürth (GER) | 5.20 m | Paul Gensic (USA) | 5.10 m | Matteo Rubbiani (ITA) | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Hussein Taher Al-Sabee (KSA) | 8.04 m | Julien Fivaz (SUI) | 7.57 m | Volodymyr Zyuskov (UKR) | 7.55 m |
| Triple jump | Mykola Savolaynen (UKR) | 16.93 m GR= | Danil Burkenya (RUS) | 16.84 m | Fabrizio Schembri (ITA) | 16.23 m |
| Shot put | Miran Vodovnik (SLO) | 19.93 m | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT) | 19.74 m | Andrei Siniakou (BLR) | 18.73 m |
| Discus throw | Piotr Małachowski (POL) | 65.87 m GR | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 64.38 m | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 60.03 m |
| Hammer throw | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 75.98 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 74.96 m | Jens Rautenkranz (GER) | 72.38 m |
| Javelin throw | Levente Bartha (ROM) | 77.16 m | Ari Mannio (FIN) | 76.77 m | Yeóryios Íltsios (GRE) | 73.23 m |
| Decathlon | Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) | 7712 pts | Marcin Dróżdż (POL) | 7396 pts | Ahmad Hassan Moussa (QAT) | 7173 pts |
* † Ran in heats only

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Yelena Bolsun (RUS) | 11.45 | Bettina Müller-Weissina (AUT) | 11.51 | Daria Korczyńska (POL) | 11.54 |
| 200 metres | Daria Korczyńska (POL) | 23.44 | Yelena Bolsun (RUS) | 23.48 | Ewelina Klocek (POL) | 23.73 |
| 400 metres | Menaka Wickramasinghe (SRI) | 52.93 | Yelena Ildeykina (RUS) | 54.78 | Josephine Nyarunda (KEN) | 54.88 |
| 800 metres | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:04.05 | Anna Sidorova (UZB) | 2:04.70 | Natallia Dziadkova (BLR) | 2:05.85 |
| 1500 metres | Sylwia Ejdys (POL) | 4:16.90 | Daniela Yordanova (BUL) | 4:17.00 | Inna Poluškina (LAT) | 4:17.80 |
| 5000 metres | Peninah Arusei (KEN) | 15:42.20 | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) | 15:48.74 | Kareema Jasim (BHR) | 15:53.07 |
| 10,000 metres | Doris Changewo (KEN) | 32:32.44 | Irene Kwambai (KEN) | 32:33.28 | Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) | 32:36.41 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Yevgeniya Snihur (UKR) | 13.23 | Micol Cattaneo (ITA) | 13.36 | Judith Ritz (GER) | 13.65 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Anita Pistone Maria Aurora Salvagno Rita De Cesaris Micol Cattaneo | 44.97 | Russia (RUS) Anna Pyatykh Yekaterina Grigorieva Yelena Bolsun Yelena Ildeykina | 46.22 | Germany (GER) Birgit Rockmeier Judith Ritz Christine Schulz Karin Ertl | 46.49 |
| High jump | Vita Palamar (UKR) | 1.98 m | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 1.96 m | Vita Styopina (UKR) | 1.94 m |
| Long jump | Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) | 6.69 m | Anna Pyatykh (RUS) | 6.23 m | Anastasiya Juravleva (UZB) | 6.21 m |
| Shot put | Anna Omarova (RUS) | 17.78 m | Yulia Leantsiuk (BLR) | 16.32 m | Wang Lihong (CHN) | 15.82 m |
| Hammer throw | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 72.25 m GR | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 67.09 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 66.94 m |
| Javelin throw | Zhang Li (CHN) | 59.96 m | Mariya Abakumova (RUS) | 59.60 m | Indrė Jakubaitytė (LTU) | 54.93 m |

## Medal table

* Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenya | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | China | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Qatar | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Sudan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Belarus | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | India* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | Totals (33 entries) | 36 | 35 | 36 | 107 |